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Tuesday, September 28 Creamy Turkey Vegetable Popcorn Shrimp Hoagie $4.75 Salisbury Steaks w/Mushroom au Jus $3.75 Blackened Chicken Rotini in Cajun Cream Sauce $3.75 Smoked Turkey Breast on Homemade Fococcia $4.75 Philly Cheese Stromboli $3.25 Chipotle Chili & Queso Nachos Supreme Wilson Hall Cafe Menu Chez Leon |
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Strait Back to His Roots As of September 1, Jim Strait is the new head of the Particle Physics Division, taking over from John Cooper. Strait is only the second person to head the
Strait has been involved with accelerator R&D ever since he joined Fermilab in 1985. He helped prototyping and testing superconducting magnets for the SSC until the SSC Lab took over the project from Fermilab in 1991. After that, Strait joined the CDF experiment, until in 1994 he went on to establishing the U.S. collaboration with CERN on the LHC, which involved LBNL and BNL as well as Fermilab. Throughout his career Strait has been active in several particle physics experiments, and his work on accelerator R&D has always been motivated by the desire to advance HEP. He looks forward to focusing more directly on the science side. "It's sort-of returning to my roots," he said. His new role will be to oversee the whole particle physics science program. "The cool part of this job is talking to people about their research," Strait said.
Meanwhile, Cooper will go on to work on the
Numi Off-Axis Electron Neutrino Appearance experiment
(also known as P-929), a proposed
experiment for which he is co-spokesperson. "Best of luck to Jim," he said, "and
I hope very much that we get NOvA approved so he can help us build it."
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The story on super-ferric, low-field magnets -- originally scheduled for
today -- will appear in the Wednesday issue.
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September 17 - September 24 Tevatron: The D17 separator installation is 50% complete. They discovered a vacuum leak. Linac: The replacement of drift-tube tank #5 is 15% complete Antiproton Source: The ARF1-1 installation is about 90% complete. It had a successful leak check and its final assembly is in progress. Main Injector: The MI-10 cooling tank repairs are about 55% complete. Read the Current Accelerator Update |
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From MSNBC, September 24, 2004 'Origins' takes on life, the universe and everything Astrophysicist puts all the pieces together in PBS miniseries by Alan Boyle You'd think explaining the beginnings of the universe would be enough for astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. But no: In "Origins," a new book and public-TV miniseries, the director of New York's Hayden Planetarium goes beyond the Big Bang to take on the rise of the solar system, life and intelligence as well.
Any one of those subjects is worthy of being covered in a documentary series at least as ambitious as "Origins," which premieres Tuesday and Wednesday on PBS. And indeed they have been, in productions ranging from "Evolution" to "Life Beyond Earth" to the granddaddy of them all, Carl Sagan's "Cosmos."
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The K-12 educational programs depend on the time and talents of over 200 volunteers from the Fermilab community who help out each year. I was pleased to announce a few weeks ago an annual award of $1000, made possible by an anonymous donor, to recognize some of the volunteers whose contributions go beyond the usual level of support. More information about this program appeared in Fermilab Today on September 14 and is also contained in posters around the laboratory and online.
I would like to thank all of the people who have contributed to our education programs at all levels and to invite those who have not to try it out. You will find it is one of the most rewarding ways you can spend your time.
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Celebrate CERN's 50th Birthday!!!! Giant Birthday Cake on the Atrium at 3:30!!!! In honor of CERN's 50th birthday, stop by the Director's Coffee Break today at 3:30 p.m. on the Second-Floor Crossover for a piece of cake. We may or may not make you sing....
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